Improvement in street-lamps



H. WELLINGTON.

Street-Lamps'.

Patemd 11p-y. 10,1374| UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HENRY WELLINGTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO TRUMAN P. DOANE, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN STREET-LAMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,832, dated November 10, 1874; application filed October 9, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY WELLINGTON, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented an Improved Frame and Socket for Street-Lamps 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, suflicient to enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures marked thereon.

One part of my invention relates to lamps, the burners of which are supplied with naphtha or other liquid from an outside reservoir; and consists in the construction ot one of the side bars or rods of the frame, hollow or tubular, said tubular rod or bar being provided with a pipe leading therefrom to the burner, and with a valve for regulating the supply of liquid, to serve as a passage for the liquid from the reservoir to the burner without the need of a separate pipe or conduit.

Another part ot' my invention consists in a novel mode of securing the side rods or bars to the socket of the frame, whereby screws, rivets, or other fastenings are dispensed with anda very simple construction is obtained.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure lis a central vertical section of myimpro ved frame and socket. Fig. 2 is a top view ofthe socket. Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse section through the line :t w of Fig. 1.

The lantern A is represented in dotted lines in Fig. l. The frame for holding said lantern is composed ot' a ring, B, and a series of rods or bars, Cl G2, the upper ends of the bars heing attached to the ring, and the lower ends engaging with the socket. The bar (Pis made hollow, or is composed of a tube, and atv its upper end it communicates with a reservoir, I), shown in dotted lines, containing the naphtha or other liquid for supplying the dame.

Near the lower end of the tube C2 is a pipe, E, one end of whichcommunicates with said tube, and the other end is provided with a burner or a socket, f, for attachinga burner. In the tube O2, opposite the inner end of the pipe E, is a valve, G, consisting of a thumb-screw having a conical point, which engages with the inner end of the pipe E. By turning the .screw to the right or left the ilow of liquid to the burner is regulated. The socket H is formed with grooves h on its inner side, corresponding in number and size with the bars of the frame. The grooves extend about halt' the length of the socket, and terminate in recesses t'. The lower portions of the bars O1 Cg lie in the grooves h, and the extreme ends ot' said bars are bent outward, and are inserted in said recesses i, as shown in Fig. l.

When the socket is in place on the lamppost, the upper end of the post ts closely in the socket and securely locks the bars in place.

The drawing represents the invention as applied to a round lamp-frame, but it is equally applicable to frames of square or other angular form.

What `I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination otl the rods or bars C1 C?, burner or socket f, pipe E, and valve G, the rod or bar G2 being hollow or tubular, and serving for the passage of the liquid from the reservoir D to the burner, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of t-he socket H, provided with the grooves h and recesses i, and the rods Cl C2 fitting in said grooves and having their lower ends turned outward to enter said recesses, substantially as herein described.

HENRY VELLINGTON. IVitnesses:

MICHAEL RYAN, FEED. HAYNEs. 

